Investor · 1 deal
Every published round Wisr took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Equities | Unnamed stage | 9 Aug 2021 | $2.3m | Participant | Startup Daily (Mon 1 May 2023), Techboard, Startup Daily (Mon 9 Aug 2021) |
Companies Wisr has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Equities | 9 Aug 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Wisr, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Wisr has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Wisr did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Goodwin | Chief Financial Officer | Australian FinTech |
| Anthony Nantes | CEO and Founder | Startup Daily (Mon 1 May 2023), Australian FinTech (Tue 19 Apr 2022), Australian FinTech (Tue 29 Mar 2022), Australian FinTech (Fri 17 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 9 Aug 2021), Australian FinTech (Fri 8 Mar 2019) |
| Cathryn Lyall | NED (former) | Australian FinTech (Thu 3 Sep 2026), FinTech Australia (peak body), Australian FinTech (Tue 29 Mar 2022), Australian FinTech (Fri 17 Dec 2021) |
| John Nantes | Chairman | Australian FinTech (Tue 29 Mar 2022), Australian FinTech (Fri 17 Dec 2021) |
| Kate Whitney | Non-Executive Director | Australian FinTech |
| Matthew Brown | Non-Executive Director | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Wisr. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Swyftx has made Andrea Yuen permanent CEO and Cathryn Lyall Chair. Yuen moved up from CFO and interim Co-CEO; Lyall, a Seed Space Venture Capital partner, steps up from interim Chair.
Australian crypto brokerage Swyftx has made Cathryn Lyall its permanent Chair and Andrea Yuen its CEO, with co-founder Alex Harper stepping back from interim co-leadership to his board role.
Investor engagement platform Fresh Equities, now called InvestorHub, landed a $4 million round led by Sydney venture firm EVP, having previously collected $2.3 million in 2021 from fintech founder angels and two other backers.
Corporate-card fintech Archa closed a $24 million pre-Series A round of debt and equity led by Wisr's Anthony Nantes, and secured a new institutional debt facility from Roadnight Capital.
Also Techboard
Wisr has appointed Marley Spoon marketing chief Kate Whitney as a non-executive director from April 2022, following Cathryn Lyall's January appointment and lifting female board representation to 40%.
ASX-listed lender Wisr has added Cathryn Lyall, a veteran of exchanges and Deutsche Bank's UK board, as a non-executive director from January 2022, its second board addition in months.
Techboard's roundup lists August 2021 Australian funding events, including raises by TechLend, v2food, Hireup and others, Fresh Equities' CEO-backed investment, and Five V Capital's $50m stake purchase in Penten.
Investment technology startup Fresh Equities raised $2.3 million, led by Archangel Ventures with Flying Fox Ventures and founders of Zip, Wisr and Synthetix Coin investing, to build an underwriting business and platform features.
Also Techboard·Startup Daily
The government's AOFM has approved an initial 30.8 million dollar investment into ASX-listed lender Wisr's warehouse facility under its Structured Finance Support Fund, still subject to finalising legal documents.
ASX-listed software vendor Flamingo Ai, unable to raise capital, has sold its assets to Rymamay Investments, with founder Catriona Wallace departing and CEO Olivier Cauderlier moving to the buyer.
Afterpay, Airwallex and Up Bank took major prizes at the 2019 Finnie awards in Melbourne; Airwallex's $141 million raise won biggest raise and Liberty's purchase of MoneyPlace took deal of the year.
FinTech Australia's 2019 Finnies awards recognised Airwallex with three trophies including Biggest Raise, Afterpay as FinTech Organisation of the Year, plus wins for Up, Zuper, Xinja, Athena and others.
Neo-lender Wisr has been selected for the 2019 HCF Catalyst accelerator, run by HCF and Slingshot, joining a 12-week program to develop affordable healthcare solutions for HCF's members.